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How to watch live Premier League football in the 2025-26 season

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An all-you-need-to-know guide on how to watch every Premier League game broadcast live throughout the 2024-25 season

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For many of us, we don’t know where we’d be without the Premier League season. The summer months are spent feeling a little lost until it all kicks off again in August and each season we become blessed with more live coverage than ever before. 

And this year is no different. Across the season, there are hundreds of games you can tune in to, as the biggest teams fight for supremacy and a number of others battle it out for Premier League survival. But where can you watch all the action as it happens? Here at GOAL, we've all the details to ensure you don't miss a moment of the action.

As you can see, there are a few options, with different sports subscription services having various volumes of access to different games. In the UK, domestic rights to watch live Premier League matches are split across two platforms: Sky Sports and TNT Sports, and both have rights to show the English top flight throughout the 2025-26 season. 

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As usual, the BBC also continues to provide highlights through its Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2 programming later in the evenings over the weekend.

Upcoming Premier League fixtures on UK TV schedule

DateGameKick-Off Time (BST)Channel
15/08/2025Liverpool vs Bournemouth20:00Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate
16/08/2025Aston Villa vs Newcastle United12:30Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate
16/08/2025Brighton & Hove Albion vs Fulham15:00Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate
16/08/2025Sunderland vs West Ham United15:00Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate
16/08/2025Tottenham Hotspur vs Burnley15:00Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate
16/08/2025Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Manchester City17:30Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate
17/08/2025Chelsea vs Crystal Palace14:00Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate
17/08/2025Nottingham Forest vs Brentford14:00Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate
17/08/2025Manchester United vs Arsenal16:30Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate
18/08/2025Leeds United vs Everton20:00Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League, Sky Sports Ultra HDR, TNT Sports 1, TNT Sports Ultimate

You can see a list of the upcoming Premier League games to watch in the table above.

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  • Sky Sports

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    Sky Sports has been the home of Premier League football since the competition’s inception in the early 1990s, transforming not only the shape of English football, but the way we consume it too.

    While FanZone and watching different angles through the red button may have come and gone, they still lead the way with expert punditry and world-class features, not least on flagship programmes, Super Sunday and Monday Night Football.

    Sky Sports show the most live Premier League action across the season with 128 fixtures broadcast. The big day watching the division on the channel is on Sunday where they broadcast two games live throughout the afternoon, while on Mondays experts will review all the weekend’s action ahead of an 8pm kick-off.

    Away from their live coverage of Premier League fixtures, Sky have an array of live sports available throughout the week including NFL, NBA and F1.

    How to watch the Premier League on Sky Sports

    There are many Sky Sports packages out there to suit various budgets. Through Sky TV, Sky Stream and Sky Glass and with various Sky Sports packages for new and existing customers. Existing users can pay from as little as £20 per month on top of their current subscription price each month, while new customers can enjoy the Sky Sports, Sky Stream & Netflix bundle for as little as £35 per month. Sky Sports is also available on a rolling monthly basis through NOW TV for £34.99 per month, with daily passes and six-month contracts for £14.99 per day and £26 per month, respectively.

    It is also possible to bolt-on Sky Sports to your EE TV (formerly BT TV) for £34.99 per month or Virgin Media for £31.75 per month.

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  • TNT Sports

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    TNT Sports is the second most prominent figure when it comes to live broadcasting of the Premier League, showing 52 games per season, as well as having the a majority of rights to all the UEFA European competitions.

    Typically, TNT Sports tends to have early kick-offs on Saturdays, getting your weekend off to the perfect start, while they have also been known to offer evening kick-offs on some Sunday to end it in style too, as well as weeknights. For two game weeks a season, TNT Sports has the rights to all the games being played, showing multiple matches through the live and red-button channels.

    The quality of coverage is up there with Sky Sports, with a comprehensive pre and post-match analysis team, highlights, and commentary team, not to mention a lot of legendary ex-professionals pitchside or in the studio to provide viewers with all the facts so you can impress your mates at work after the weekend.

    How to watch the Premier League on TNT Sports

    Similarly to Sky Sports, there are many options for you to get your hands on a TNT Sports subscription. Its home is typically discovery+ Premium, where you can stream the four TNT Sports channels there for £30.99 per month.

    There are other TV package plans too, with EE TV (formerly BT TV), which includes add-ons for as little as £18 per month, where you can add the Big Sport package (including all TNT Sports as well as Sky Sports channels) to your broadband subscription for £45 per month. This sort of deal ensures you get the bulk of the Premier League live fixtures across the entire season. You can also add TNT Sports to your smartphone contract as an add-on if you are an EE customer, priced at £20 per month.

    Buying an add-on through Sky TV starts from £29 per month through their Sky Stream service.

    TNT Sports is also available through Virgin Media for as little as £12 per month for existing customers.

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Frequently asked questions

Currently, the most cost efficient package looks to be picking up a TV deal through Virgin Media or EE TV.

Existing TV or broadband customers can add TNT Sports to Virgin Media for £12 per month and Sky Sports for £31.75 per month, adding on Amazon Prime Video for the few weeks in the season when they show football which is £8.99 per month.

EE TV (formerly BT TV) also provide their Big Sport deal which includes TNT Sports and Sky Sports via NOW TV, for £45 per month, which is available for existing broadband customers, with the addition of Amazon Prime Video for the few weeks in the season when they show football which is £8.99 per month.

However, when it comes to bang for your buck, if you’re wanting to spend a little less, then the Complete Sky Sports package from an additional £22 per month on top of your current Sky TV deal is the best option, giving you over 128 games across a single season.

A number of broadcasters have the rights to stream and show highlights on the television, with Match of the Day on the BBC being the most notable of these. Every weekend the BBC show highlights airs on both Saturday and Sunday from around 10.30pm, in the company of Gary Lineker and fellow ex-professionals.

Sky Sports offer highlights slightly earlier, with their packages getting underway from around 7.00pm, while TNT Sports also offer highlights and goals from each and every game on the top flight online too.

Yes. TNT Sports is the new name for what was once known as BT Sport, in both the UK and Ireland. Along with appearing on the same channels as it always has, TNT Sports provides four live sporting channels, with red-button and digital channels, Eurosports channels, TNT Sports Ultimate (4K), and Box Office, depending on what package and provider you opt to go with.

Besides watching matches through the designated TV package your subscription is assigned to, some offer ways to live stream and tune in to the big game through a variety of ways. For games on TNT Sports, the discovery+ Premium app is available on the usual array of live stream options, including on Smart TVs mobile phone, PC, laptop and Mac, as well as video games consoles, Apple and Android devices too. Similarly, if you are using NOW TV for Sky Sports, you can login on a range of devices to keep track of the scores.

Yes. Standard coverage of TNT Sports is available to BT broadband customers.

NBC, Peacock, and USA Network currently have the rights to broadcast the English Premier League in the United States. Matches are available across two of their TV channels, NBC Sports and USA Network, as well as their dedicated streaming service Peacock.